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LG G3 mini Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini
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4.0 out of 5
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5 editorial reviews
Flagship looks without the priceRead more
The Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017 edition) is a compact and slim smartphone with a stunning unibody design. With a decent processor, excellent screen and good camera, only the battery life is below average. The price has now fallen considerably, making it excellent value for money.Read more
Samsung's 4.7-inch mid-range smartphone Galaxy A3 (2017) is the successor to last year's Galaxy A3 (2016). It features a Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 SOC, a Full HD AMOLED touchscreen, LTE Cat. 4, Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and last but not least a very long lasting lithium-ion battery.Read more
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4.3 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Android 7.0Android 4.4Android 5.1
CPU clock speed1.2 GHz1.6 GHz1.6 GHz1.4 GHz
CPU coresQuad-core8-core8-coreQuad-core
RAM memory1 GB2 GB2 GB1.5GB
CPU model
N/A
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5410Samsung Exynos 3 Quad 3740
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-T830PowerVR SGX544ARM Mali-400 MP

Display

Screen size4.7 in4.7 in5.0 in4.5 in
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1280 x 720 px720 x 1280 px1920 x 1080 px720 x 1280 px
TechnologyIPS LCDAMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLED
Pixel density312.0 ppi312.0 ppi441.0 ppi326.0 ppi
Multi touchyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of colors
N/A
16.7M16.7M16.7M
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0
N/A
Dual screen support
N/A
N/A
yesno
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
yesyes
HDR
N/A
N/A
nono

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution5.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.4 f
N/A
2.2 f
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
yesyes
LED Flashyes
N/A
yesyes
Highest video resolution
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Touch focus
N/A
yesyesyes
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
Video recording
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
10x
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detection
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-tagging
N/A
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Storage

Internal storage8 GB16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
Memory card readeryes
N/A
yesyes
Maximum card storage64GB256GB64GB64GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
Material
N/A
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
PlasticPlastic
Shock resistant
N/A
nonono
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
noyes

Connectivity

Bluetoothyes
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.24.04.0
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dual sim support
N/A
yesnono
Sim card size
N/A
Nano-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
SBC
Charging connection
N/A
USBUSBUSB
USB version
N/A
2.02.02.0
Video output
N/A
NoMHLNo
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
yesno
NFC
N/A
N/A
yesyes
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
yesno

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